James E. Perry, III

Professor of Marine Science,Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Contact Information

Office: Andrews Hall 103Phone: (804) 684-7388Email: [[v|jperry]]

Education

B.S., Murray State University

Ph.D., College of William & Mary

Research Interests

Dr. Perry is a Professor of Marine Science at the College of William
and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). His primary
research interests involve monitoring stress and documenting long-term
changes in vascular plant communities of tidal and non-tidal wetlands,
and the relationship of those changes to changes in environmental
parameters within watersheds. His current projects include: 1)
establishing methods for determining status of watersheds and the
success of created and restored habitats; 2) vegetation community
dynamics in a restored and created wetlands and watersheds, and 3) life
history, distribution and abundance, and threats to rare and/or
endangered vascular plants.

He has done research in Asia, North America, and South America, and
has presented many invited seminars and lectures abroad. He is
currently involved in several international wetland projects in China
designed to examine the role of environmental conservation/restoration
and sustainable development in coastal wetlands. The goals of the
projects are to provide research directions and education opportunities
for local universities as well as providing recommendations and
guidelines for the establishment of environmental policies for the
local and federal agencies. He teaches courses in Asian Environmental
Issues, Wetlands Ecology, and Coastal Botany.

Dr. Perry is a lifetime member of the Society of Wetland Scientists
(SWS). He is currently the Secretary General for The Society of Wetland
Scientist Professional Certification Program (SWSPCP), which he helped
to develop in the early 1990's, and was one of the first wetlands
ecologist to received his Professional Wetland Scientist certification.
In the past he has chaired the SWSPCP Ethics Committee, the SWS South
Atlantic Chapter, and has been a long time member of the SWS Outreach
and Education Committee.

Current Projects

Establishing methods for determining status of watersheds and the success of created and restored habitats;

Ecological Processes of Woody Growth in Created and Restored Forested Wetlands;

Vegetation community dynamics in a reclaimed mined watershed;

Vegetation dynamics and ecosystem stress in tidal wetlands;

Life history, distribution and abundance, and threats to rare and/or endangered vascular plants.